What people are saying about "graphicguitars"...

Jeffery Luhn, Guitar Kulture TV
When you're a fanatic about the beauty and style of guitars, in all their various forms, you can't get enough of them. But what happens when an accomplished fine art painter is obsessed with guitars? Looking at the work of Paul Chase will answer that question...in a big way.

Chase has created works of art that convey the allure, power and attitude of the guitar, a modern symbol for musical rebellion. And just as all rebellions have many facets, so does Chase's art. Bold splashes of color and composition deliver a banquet of instruments that speak to the viewer of tenderness, sophistication and strutting arrogance. You can almost hear the paintings play.

Art is at it's best when it throws the artist's lust for his subject across the canvas, spilling emotion onto the viewer. For some artists it's the perfection of the naked human form that inspires, but for Chase it's the blaring power and iconic image of the guitar that fills his head and controls his brush. Check it out.

Howie Doyle, Six String magazine
The Guitar as Art... Literally
Paul Chase Turns the Term 'Guitar Art' Inside Out...Just when you think there is nothing new under the sun... well, something new breaks upon the horizon. In this case, it is artist Paul Chase's version of the guitar as art. He has taken the phrase literally, by sawing up and embedding guitars into the surface of his painted works as if they were a musical watermark upon the canvas.

Terry Adams
Wow. I just spent an hour on your site looking at your creations. What a splendid artist you are! I would love to own a coffee table book of your Artwork. Quite inspiring.
Thanks for the website.

Guitar Chaser's of Texas
Here are some fantastic fine art paintings and sketches of guitars by Paul Chase. Just looking at the website melted my bifocals and set my eyebrows ablaze. Imagine what one of Paul's full size works would do for your rehearsal suite. Visit his stunning site and you'll understand what I mean.

BugGuitar.com
Paul Chase's website is a must see. Just go to http://graphicguitars.com and see what we mean!

Bob KilPatrick Christian Musicians Magazine
Paul, I'm thankful today for the privilege of knowing and working with people like you; who believe in excellence, creativity, integrity; who try to live out their faith in an age when faith is vague and undemanding; who value friends more than fans; whose art inspires; whose legacy will live on after they're gone; who hope for a "Well Done!" (or "Cool Work!", depending on your translation) when all is said and done. I hope you'll be pleased to know that your name was lifted up in thankful prayer today.
Because of Jesus

Peter Newport Breedlove Guitars
Thanks for the prompt. I found two prints/images and Nice work! I just put them up in the show room to begin getting some comments from our employees and folks on tours. Thanks for the great idea. I’ll show your artwork to our Master Luthier. Kim also taught art for many years and also has a Masters in Fine Art and Education. You should come out for the 2005 Extraordinary Experience and spend some time with us. I’m sure more ideas will pour out when we get the art some exposure. Thanks again! Best of luck with your ideas!

Ieuan Ward, England
I agree that you have filled a void in the art world and that your work is a great ambassador to the subject matter to general art lovers. Thank you very much for your time! All the best.

Christopher Shaw, Guitarist, Taylor Guitar Workshop/Seminars
Great looking stuff, Paul! Thanks for the heads up!

Dr. Patrick Kavanaugh
Thank you for writing. Your website and ministry are fantastic! While I
do not know of any immediate spot for your paintings, I will keep my eyes
open, and let you know of anything I find. Keep up the great work!
Blessings

Dan
After much searching for interesting guitar art, I found your work on the internet and am quite impressed. Unfortunately my limited budget at this time will only allow me to purchase a print. There are a couple that I am interested in so far.
A couple questions: "neonhollowbody" #60 - what sizes of prints are available and the costs?
"flamedframedfender" #45 - is a print available for this? Size and cost?
Much thanks.

Michael Knight, Editor Guitar 2001 magazine
Paul, love your work. I think a two page layout/article is a definite.

Michael Blanton, Blanton Guitar and Leather
I really like what you are doing, extremely creative & you have massive $$$ potential!!
You hit the nail right on the head, there are many of us guitar maniacs running loose. I have searched the web over and over looking for decent guitar art-none to be found.

Rémy
Je suis un jeune français de 18 ans et j ai acheté un poster graphic guitars à san fransisco dans la boutique d'instruments du Cannery, Je suis passionné de guitare et de dessin et je trouve que ces tableaux sont géniaux... merci !

Brian Moore Guitars, Inc.
Thank you for the prints, they are wonderful!
Please feel free to call my cell to talk about the your proposal.
Best Regards, Patrick G. Cummings President

George, F-Bass Instruments
Paul, lovely paintings of the F-bass! We feel that we make very attractive instruments, but it's nice to have people confirm it.

Alana
I am putting a design on my acoustic guitar and i was searching the internet for inspiration, mainly looking for symbols etc to paint. I stumbled upon your page and browsed through it in awe for twenty minutes. I was originally planning to paint stupid smiley faces all over my guitar, and now I want to do something deeper :) Id like to thank you for stopping me from ruining my guitar :) and id like to tell you what amazing talent you have with your creative, beautiful and inspiring art.

Dave Blackledge www.GuitarTownOnline.com
I clicked on the link I have to your site from our homepage to check out your great graphics again... fantastic.

Gary Grimshaw - PaperSong
Your guitar paintings are wonderful. They should be published as fine art prints or posters, for sure, so that the general public can have access to them.

John Standefer - Praise Guitar
Paul, I have surfed over and cruised the gallery. Very nice work...they would look great as magazine cover art!

Eric Shoaf
Beautiful work. Very colorful. I'm impressed.

Lloyd - Guitar Chasers of Texas
Hello Paul, Thanks for visiting our site . I spent some time on your website yesterday and was awestruck. Your work is outstanding. I would like to provide a link from my site to yours if I may have your permission. Good luck to you.

Paul Chasman, Bay View Music
Dear Paul, The guitar art you have done looks outstanding! I do have a new cd coming out, but the art work is done, and the images will not be guitar oriented. I will keep your web site number and keep you in mind for future projects as well as pass on your info to anyone who might be interested.

Dave Rogers, Dave's Guitar Shop
P aul, THANK YOU! It was an honor to have your paintings hanging in here!
I'll keeping hanging onto the junker guitars for you!

Steve Kahn, Jazz Guitarist
I did visit your site, and that was really most enjoyable too. In these times, it's refreshing to see that so much beauty can be found in the simple vision of the guitar.....in all its various forms. Mainly this is to congratulate you on your work and to wish you much success now and in the future.

Linda Manzer, Luthier- Manzer Guitars
Hi Paul,
I visited your site. Nice work! just on my way to the rosewood room, Again - great work ... still looking at it as I send this!
take care

Tom (Tomcat) Deaton
I've been playin guitar for a long time and I've always thought the guitar itself was a work of art. This is the best artwork on guitar that
I have ever seen! Thank you! I would love to put one of your images on my website (www.ncblues.com), but only by permission.

William A. Bay, President Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Your paintings are superb. We are not likely to get our poster line going until late this year or perhaps even Spring of 2002. When we start it, we will definitely consider adding some of your artwork. Thanks for the note....

Dave Blackledge
Hi Paul,
I checked out your site/graphics.... EXCELLENT. I'd like to put a feature link on our home page linking to your site. If you'd like to
write a brief bio to use with the link... maybe we could even do something with your own page/site on www.GuitarTownOnline.com
I get some name guitarists & luthiers visiting the site.. maybe they'd be interested in you designing graphics for them. ?? Let me know.

Casey - Guitars for Life
WOW Paul,
I just went to your website and my goodness is it great. Love always

Sheryl ketchum - Manager - JSP Music
Beautiful art. The best guitar art I have yet seen.

Matt Street - Stewart MacDonald's Guitar Shop Supply
Hi Paul. Thanks for sharing that photo with us. Great stuff! Keep it up. Night Ranger was right. You CAN still rock in America! Have a great weekend. Regards

Stephen Rekas, Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Paul - You've been working very hard these last few months! Congratulations on a fine body of work.

Kim Sunderlage - Capital Times
Morning! I went home Friday and got out Jimi. And then Charlie Daniels. And then more Jimi. Yes, your art is inspiring.

CLAIRE COUSINEAU - Chandler House Press
Dear Paul,
The artwork on your site is outstanding! I'm very tempted to purchase one of the paintings myself, as I'm a big blues and rock fan.

Bob and Cindy Benedetto - Benedetto Guitars
Hi Paul!
Wow - it's absolutely beautiful; we are very impressed!

Lauren www.guitarhangar.com www.collectguitars.com
Hello Paul,
I looked at your site, and I love it! If you would like to send some jpegs to me I can see about making your own collection page. Thanks for the interest in our site. Cheers

Bill - guitar-art
Your art work is great and interesting. I'm also in to creating guitar pictures but mine are just for the computer desk top. My site is www.guitar-art.net . I would like to put a link to your site on my web page. Thats how much I like your site. Let me know what you think.

Charles Chapman - Berkley School of Music - Guitarist
Paul, I have visited your site numerous times and is truly fascinating.

Mike McNamara, Photo Editor Relix Magazine, http://www.relix.com
Paul,
Thanks for your interest in Relix Magazine. I checked out your site, really cool art! I would suggest sending in a press release to the office.

Eric J. Mowry ecmowry@juno.com www.ericmowry.mybravenet.com
Hi Paul,
First off, kudos on your work, I was totally blown away!!! They paintings expressed what I think most guitarist feel, that their instruments seem to "come to life". That's what I get out of your work.

I have a Blues band in Buffalo NY, called Eric Mowry & The Showdogs. We are in the process of recording our debut. We only plan to press a couple of hundred units to start.

The working title right now is Blues for Life.

I was wondering if I could get your permission to download one of your paintings for the cover. There are a couple (including redshirtblues) that I think would fit perfectly with the concept of living blues.

I would obviously give full credit to you on the cd. Thank you for your time, and keep up the exceptional work

Mark Stefani/Vision Music
Paul,
Thanks for the update, my friend. Your work is superb! I just checked my links page and realized that I never did add your site. Apologies. It's there now: http://www.visionmusic.com/hotlinks.html
VM is getting about 4000 unique visitors per day, so hopefully we can generate some traffic your way. Perhaps also a newsletter feature at some point. Til next time...
Best regards,

Larry Thomas - Guitar Center
Paul, I still am holding onto your letter from Nov. 30th. I think that you have done some great work!!

Tom Guerra www.tomguerra.com
Wow - nice website and nice work. I'm done with my studio but there's no wall space left (real guitars are hanging everywhere!) - BUT - I will pass your website onto other potential interested prospects.
All the best

John Buscarino
Paul, Checked out your paintings and they are very beautiful. I have to say I am intrigued about the idea of having a painting done of one of my guitars.

Charlotte
I think your paintings, drawings and all other aspects of your work are excellent. I am preparing for my A level art exam and you are my artist link to my work. Thank you for putting a great website together, it has provided me with some amazing pictures for my work.
Thanks again

Mike Doolin - Doolin Guitars
Hi Paul,
Wow, beautiful work! I'll keep you in mind for some of my clients who may want a beautiful something extra to go with their guitars

Patrick G. Cummings, President - Brian Moore Guitars, Inc.
Thanks Paul , very nice stuff.
Best Regards

Stephanie Sollow, Publisher/Editor Columnist - Progression Magazine
Paul,
Hi. Just spent some time in your gallery...wow. Lovely stuff. I still have three rooms to go in West. I'm no expert on guitars, but I sure do love 'em, and your illustrations suggest you do as well. There is a warmth that comes through even when the colours are the cooler blues and greens. Again, fantastic stuff.

Larry - Walrus Productions
Hi Paul,
You have done a fantastic job with the guitar artwork. You are quite talented. Good luck

Suzie Reed, Assistant to the Vice President, Public Relations - Taylor Guitars
Paul,Thanks for writing to Taylor Guitars and sending your photos. You are very talented and obviously have a real love for guitars! We can't promise if the photos will be used on our website, but we will be sure to keep them on hand, just in case! Thanks again Paul for sharing your work with us. Take care, now and keep up the wonderful work.
Sincerely

Michele
Hi Paul,
Very nice work!! Thank you for getting in touch.
We are moving our focus from a Jazz content portal website to a Jazz Festival Travel business- We will be called Cjazz Travel!
http://www.cjazztravel.com the completed website will launch this week. Check us out.
In the meanwhile, I will forward your work to both of my brothers who are avid guitar players!
All the best

Tara
Excellent web-site! The galleries include some of the most fascinating guitar paintings I've seen in a very long time. I also play guitar and
paint, and have had numerous opportunities to capture both hobbies at the same time...My work pales in comparison, though! This stuff is truly amazing! Thanks for showing the beauty of the guitar...

Linda Grant
I stumbled on your website through the melbay website. Beautiful art! Is it possible for you to let us know when the prints/posters are available? Thanks, from "can't affort the real thing"!

Jean Holmes
Hi Paul,
I've been searching for some decent, "inspiring" artwork for my bedroom for about a year now. Nothing has truly caught my eye until now. THANK YOU for doing what you do! Anyway, I'm very interested in finding out how much the photographic copies go for. The works I'm most interested in are Good Vibration, LiquidLyric, Player, and ColorSoundCheck, probably 16x20.
Thanks so much!

Brice Vue365 magazine
"The art of Paul Chase, graphicguitars, who's work captures a guitar's mojo and reveals it on canvas...a one of a kind guitar, colored top to bottom, that sings without making a sound!"

Zachory
I have never seen guitar art...I am an artist/woodcarver and like to strumthe guitar as a hobby. I have never seen such a guitar and saw the one you posted on ebay and fell in love with its great look. I have added your website to my favorites list and will check back often. Keep up what you do...I think it is a great idea...and I hope to own or see one of your pieces.
Thanks

Christine www.acousticoutreach.org
Hi Paul,
Your paintings are getting a great response so far from the artists we have working with us (and to everyone that we show them too now!). We are working on a a section that involves artists of other genre's (one is a novelist) and we would like include you in that too. Since we would have much of your artwork on the site, it could be a "meet the artist" interview and a picture.
Please let me know if you would like to participate in this. I think it would be very informative to the fans that we will be reaching. Thanks!

Gene L.
Well!!! Someone who loves guitars as much as I do! You are blessed. Thank You!!!!!

Dave and Laura Davie, Rainbow Outfitters
Thank you for sharing your wonderful work with us. We browsed through your web site and your work is incredible.Take care

Steve Knapp
Paul,
Thanks for your e-mail. Your paintings are a trip! Are your works on display at the Wild About Music store in Austin, TX? If not, they sure should be. Also at a couple of galleries I've seen on Maui, one in Lahaina and the other at the Shops At Wailea. Both galleries feature works by well-known rock artists, as well as music themed works in general. I forget their names.
I'll keep you in mind for possible projects. Regards.

John Dawson
Thanks for your e-mail; your website is very impressive. Good luck on your project.

Joe
Your guitar art is awesome. I would be honored to include a link to your website. Do you have an image logo. If not then you might think of creating one as I have done. It is found in the lower left corner of the main page. www.playguitar.info Good luck with your 'vision'.

Scott Ballinger
Mr. Chase, very nice. I'm an art student at the University of Wyoming and am really getting into guitar painting. Although the grades I get in class sometimes suffer because the subject matter (guitars) I find it worth it after looking at your work. Thanks for the inspiration

Helen
Whilst searching the internet for ideas i came across your work, it caught my attention immediately because of the individuality and evident time and passion put into each piece. I would like to use you as my artist for this exam, and study your work for it too. If you could send me any information about yourself and your work it would be greatly appreciated and very helpful. Thank you.
Yours sincerely

John Standefer 2002 winner of the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship
Paul, I appreciate your flexibility and the beautiful artwork and would love to use this for a book or CD cover.

Don Mullendore
Very cool poster ,will have to get one.We have been really enjoying our paintings ,the ES 335 gets lots of comments from even non guitar folks...I'm trying to figure out where I can steal some more wall space.....

Gayla D Paul
Went to your web site and looked at all the new work you're doing. Seems
to get better and better!

Larry
Paul, Your website is PHENOMENAL!!!! Thanks for the posters. The guys in the band loved 'em!! Just can't get over your beautiful painting!!!

Jack Davis
Paul,
I am webmaster for www.CherryStreetGuitar.com and I just wanted to let you know that I will soon be adding pictures of your work and a link to your website. I think your work is great. I especially like the mosaic, it's awesome. I wish nothing but good things for you and your art. I hope that CherryStreetGuitar.com can help put the word out and help to sell some of your work.

Curtis and Gayla D Paul
Paul - GORGEOUS! Holy cow - it's amazing - and we love it. Check is on the way.

Bill Henk,
Hi Paul--
Red Strap has made it home! I understand completely why it mesmerized you, and you had difficulty parting with it. So you know, I'll NEVER part with it. Once again, the work is positively breathtaking. The "Taylor" print is amazing, and its priceless quality further derives from the two signatures on it.

But, Red Strap is the direct work of a master artist on canvas, and I am truly humbled by noting the 1/250. I've never owned anything like that before, so in effect, what you've given me is a second treasure.

Your work is phenomenal. You have a gift for capturing the reality and essence of an instrument. I just keep staring at it, and marvel at the way you render the wood and the strings and the fret and the bridge and the inlays and the pick guard and the tuning heads, and so on... And, in particular with Red Strap, the way that the "shadowed" guitar reveals itself as you approach the painting will be a source of endless fascination for me. For lack of a better word, the work is "haunting" in the best possible sense.

I'll close by saying thanks for adding genuine aesthetic quality to my daily life. Hope we can stay in touch.

Dwayne
Dear Mr. Chase,
I have always believed that the Guitar is a work of art musically and visually. This is probably an obvious question, but have you ever adorned a guitar with your art? I find it hard to believe that some major company hasn't commissioned you to do an artistic line of guitars. After all a guitar should look as good as it sounds. I am a player of thirty six years and I am designing my first electric. I am also a graphic artist, I cheat and use a computer, but I have created a design for my guitar just to give it that personal touch. Any way, I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate what you do. I'm sure I will visit your site frequently to see the new stuff. Thanks So Much,

Mary Long Soundboard Magazine
Dear Paul,
What a wonderful drawing! Richard and I both love "Green Intensity" and would be delighted to use it on the cover of Soundboard this year.

Noreen Ambrose
Dear Mr. Chase,
Your artwork is amazing! There is little out there wherein the guitar is the subject matter. Even a non-player like myself, can appreciate the beauty and artistic appeal of the instrument, not only as the art, but as a medium for art as well.
When I happened across your website - in my search for unique and artistic picks to feature on my necklace ideas - I was transfixed by the bold and beautiful graphic images that flood it's pages. The guitar, as an art subject was, for me, a dynamic image.

James Goodall
Hi Paul Thank you for thinking of us. I would very much like the prints for our
office. All the best,

Dan Smith, Executive Producer - Murphy Entertainment Group
Wow, Paul, I love your work. I'd like to put something together something for the New Morning folks at Hallmark. It usually takes a while so not hearing any news means pretty much nothing in my biz.
All the best

Charlotte
I think your paintings, drawings and all other aspects of your work are excellent. I am preparing for my A level art exam and you are my artist link to my work. Thank you for putting a great website together, it has provided me with some amazing pictures for my work.
Thanks again

Bekki Palmer Co-President, Acoustic Outreach www.acousticoutreach.org
Hi Paul...Just a note to say hello, and tell you how many compliments we get constantly about our website and your paintings. If we haven't told you enough, we are so grateful for the use of your gorgeous paintings on our site and hope to be able to continue to use them in the future.

I was browsing your site recently and noticed the newer ones that you've been working on and I must tell you how exquisite they really are. You are truly an artistic genius in your vision, and your unique use of materials.